Europe Launches Mission to Create Simulated Solar Eclipse — VOA Learning English
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Two European satellites were recently launched on a mission that will include a simulated total solar eclipse.
The European Space Agency (ESA) launched the satellites on December 5 from southern India aboard an Indian-built rocket.
ESA says its Proba-3 mission aims to demonstrate precision formation flying abilities as the two satellites travel together in a fixed position.
The two satellites are set to separate and fly 150 meters apart in about a month when they reach their target area high above Earth.
Creating simulated solar eclipse
In one of the mission’s major experiments, the two spacecraft will carry out a series of artificial total solar eclipses. A shadow created by one satellite will…
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